Rosemarie Keller Skaine writes sociology with a human face. She records the voices of women and men into history.

(photo date: 2007)

"...self is a sea boundless and measureless, ... the soul walks upon all paths ... ." Gibran

Rosemarie Keller Skaine earned her M.A. in Sociology. She holds honorary society memberships in Pi Kappa Delta, speech, Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology, Quill and Scroll, journalism and National Forensic League, speech. Publications other than 14 books include coauthored national and international journal articles. Skaine's book with ABC-CLIO/Praeger Security International, Suicide Warfare, is published as of 2013. Other activities include general consultation, consultation on three television documentaries, expert testimony, numerous presentations to all types of groups and interviews with media. She participated in the South Dakota Center for the Book's three day program, "Maintaining Democracy in an Unstable World," August 2002. She was a panel member with Ambassador George McGovern and Dr. Robert Watson in Mitchell, S.D. Following the panel, she made presentations in Aberdeen, Brookings and Sioux Falls, S.D. She was a keynote speaker and held 2 breakout sessions at the 2010 One Day Conference at the Multicultural Center in Grand Island, NE. On March 8, 2013, she was the invited keynote speaker on the UN interactive panel entitled, "The Allure of Female Suicide Bombers." The program is part of the UN Commission on the Status of Women 57: "Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls." She participated in the Teachers Exchange Program while in China with her husband, Professor James Skaine, at Beijing Normal, Hebei Teachers, and Shaanxi Teachers, and Guangxi Teachers Universities, May 1991. She traveled to Havana, Cuba with the U.S. Delegation to the XII International Congress on Family Law, September 2002. In January 2004, she traveled to Kenya and Tanzania to study for her book on FGM. One of the many rewarding visits was to the Maasai tribe.

Birth Place: Grand Island, NE USA

Accomplishments:

Rosemarie Skaine presented the keynote speech, SUICIDE WARFARE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, at the Interactive Dialogue, “Dying to Kill: The Allure of Female Suicide Bombers,” United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 57: Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls, March 8, 2013, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m., 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, New York 10017.

The Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America was presented in 1997 to Rosemarie Skaine for her outstanding work on intolerance in North America for her book, Power and Gender: Issues in Sexual Dominance and Harassment, McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 1996.

Delegate Certificate for participation in the XII International Congress on Family Law, September 2, 2002, awarded by the Congress President Dra. Olga Mesa Castillo and Vice President Msc. Luis Palenzuela Páez, Havana, Cuba.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Award for Excellence: Honorary State Membership 2009-2010 signed by Diane B. Patton, Iowa President.

AAUW Certificate in appreciation for significant contributions to the American Association of University Women, April 18, 2009, signed by Diane B. Patton, Iowa President.

Since 2006, Rosemarie Keller Skaine's biography has appeared in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World. Special editions are companion volumes to Who's Who in America published since 1899. The Marquis Who's Who in New Providence, New Jersey, is the publisher of the original Who's Who in America.

Her biography also appears in Educational Communications Inc.'s, Who's Who Among America's Teachers: the Best Teachers in America Selected by the Best Students, 6th Ed., vol. 3, 2000. Skaine was nominated by Connie Kerns, Composition II student at Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa.

Books

Abuse: An Encyclopedia of Causes, Consequences, and Treatments by Rosemarie SkaineThis comprehensive encyclopedia explores abuse in all its forms—physical, sexual, emotional, and verbal—among a variety of age and demographic groups from children to the elderly to the disabled. It sheds light on causes and symptoms of abuse, examines lasting impacts, and suggests avenues for prevention and treatment...

The Cuban Family: Custom and Change in an Era of Hardship by Rosemarie SkaineThis work explores how relationships of blood, marriage, sex, and residence work in each type of Cuban family, particularly as it is affected by Cuba’s struggle to transform its economy. It also examines historical perspectives on the contemporary Cuban family, ethnicity and race, marriage, the extended family, family rights, the emigrating family, United States' citizenship issues, religion, and ...

Women College Basketball Coaches by Rosemarie Skaine_Women College Basketball Coaches_ traces history since 1892 through the current day. Selected women coaches are profiled along with contributors to the game. Also in ebook: 978-0-7864-5082-4....

ArticlesJacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Rosemarie Skaine_The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture_, edited by Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 5 Vols. Farmington Hills, Michigan, St. James Press, 1999. This essay was updated in 2012....Sage Book Chapter: Women Political Leaders in Africa by Rosemarie Skaine This book chapter is based on Skaine's book, Women Political Leaders in Africa with McFarland Publishers....Sexual Harassment by Rosemarie SkaineTraces the history of sexual harassment from its beginning to its presence in popular culture. (This is the original article. In 2012, it was updated....Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) by Rosemarie SkaineA summary of the Soviet-Afghan War from 1979-1989 by Rosemarie Skaine appears in _Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia_ edited by Stanley Sandler, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2002. ISBN...Female Genital Mutilation by Rosemarie SkaineWorld Book Publishing owns the copyright. The article can be read in its entirety at the link provided below, but you will first have to sign in to access it....Neither Afghan nor Islam by Rosemarie Skaine"Neither Afghan nor Islam" is one of eight articles in the section, "Symposium on September 11 2001: Terrorism, Islam and the West" in _Ethnicities_, London: Sage Publications Ltd., June 2002, Volume...Terrorist Attack & Natural Disaster Preparedness by Rosemarie SkaineReview of Hanley J. Harding's educational book to help citizens be prepared for a possible attack, _C/B/R/N: Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear Disaster Familiarization and Overview Manual_.

ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger
Get details about Women in Combat: A Reference Handbookand Suicide Warfare: Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon,

McFarland Publishers
Founded in 1979, McFarland Publishers is located in Jefferson, North Carolina. They publish scholarly and reference books to a world wide market.
If you would like an opportunity to read a sample of my book, The Cuban Family: Custom and Change in an Era of Hardship, McFarland Publishers had made Chapter 5: Politics, Emigration and Families available at http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/contents-2.php?isbn=0-7864-1677-7; Once on this page, select, 5. Politics, Emigration and Families.

Amazon
Amazon.com has posted a 25 page excerpt from Women at War. The excerpt provides a good opportunity to see an overview of the book. It includes the front and back cover, Table of Contents, Chapter 1, "What is War?" and the full Index.
Amazon has also posted a six page excerpt from The Man of the Twentieth Century. The excerpt provides a good opportunity to see an overview of the book. It includes the front and back cover, Table of Contents, introduction, "Heritage" and the full Index. However, this book can only be purchased through AuthorsDen or directly through the author.

Aurora Protection Specialists
Skaine's books pertaining to military and homeland security are sold at this site. The late Hanley "Doc" Harding was the former Executive Director of Operations & Development of Aurora Protection Specialists. His work remains featured at AuthorsDen.

Additional information

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Skaine taught Composition II at Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa and Industrial Sociology and The Family at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. She also taught high school English at Ovid Central School, Ovid, New York. Rosemarie has varied travel experiences in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, France, Italy, China, Greece, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Kenya and Tanzania.